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Word Building

Prefixes

In the following exercises syllables or words are to be added to the front of
other words to change or add to their meaning. Where necessary, hyphens
have been placed in the sentences.
1 co-(with, together) re-(again) ex-(former, before) inter-(between)
Put one of the above prefixes in each of the spaces in the sentences below.
(a) The -pilot took over the plane's controls while the eaptain had a coffee
and sandwich.
(b) The US and Russia have the capacity to attaek eaeh other with _
-continental missiles.
(c) Germany and France are -operating on the design of a new space-
roeket.
(d) She's divoreed but she's still on good terms with her -husband.
(e) Does national sport really improve relations between countries?
(f) The teaeher told his student to write his bad composition.
(g) The loeal trains are slow but the -city serviees are excellent.
(h) Most houses need to be painted every five to seven years.
(i) Men who onee served in the armed serviees are ealled -servicemen.
(j) Both boys and girls go to that sehool. It's -edueational.

2 bi-(two) pre-(before) semi-(half) counter-(in the opposite direction)
Instructions as above.
(a) We managed to drive the enemy baek, but they attaeked.
(b) The back wheel of a eycie bears more weight than the front wheel.
(c) Dinosaurs lived millions of years ago in historie times.
(d) The pupils' desks were arranged in a eircie round the teacher.
(e) His father is Greek and his mother is Italian 50 he's Iingual.
(f) It was a Iaterai agreement, signed by India and Pakistan.
(g) Libby is three. She goes to a -sehool playgroup every morning.
(h) The espionage department has eaught three foreign spies.
(i) Houses in Britain are often built in pairs. They're called -detaehed.
(j) He was only -eonseious when the ambulanee arrived and he died in
hospital.

3 post-(after) mono-(one) anti-(against) non-(not)
Instructions as above.
(a) He got his university degree last year. Now he's doing graduate studies.
(b) Some flights go from London to the Middle East -stop.
(c) The words 'fat', 'hel p' and 'come' are ali syllables.
(d) That's sense! You don't know what you're talking about!
(e) The prineipal -war problem was to rebuild the destroyed cities and
industries.
(f) Maybe future trains will run on just a single rail. This system is called a
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